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Taylor: Rebels Lose Opener

Kevin has been a sports reporter for the Times Record since July 1999. He covers high school sports, with an emphasis on Southside High School. Previously, he was sports editor at the Palestine (Texas) Herald-Press from 1992-99. Kevin was selected the Texas Sports Writers Association Sports Writer of the Year in 1996. A native of Conroe, Texas, Kevin has won numerous writing awards and is the author of "Tiger Boogie," a book chronicling the school's dominate high school football run between 1961-85.

Southside boys basketball coach Charlie Cooper’s team opened the 2013-14 season Tuesday with a 62-53 loss at Waldron. C.J. Moore led the Rebels with a team-high 20 points, while Alex Foree finished with 16 points.

Cooper came away impressed with Waldron’s Hunter Ball.

Soutside hosts Harrison in its home opener Thursday.

The Lady Rebels won their opener Tuesday by beating a good Ozark team, 63-59. The Lady Rebels won it with clutch free throw shooting and overcame 15 turnovers, which the Lady Hillbillies turned into 13 points.

O’Dell will be a key cog in the Lady Rebels’ playoff hopes this season. If Drew Jones and Sarita Stegall can duplicate what they’ve done in the past and if Jordan Rainwater, Emily Hamilton and Britney Lewis play as well as they did Tuesday, Southside may surprise some people.

It didn’t take Will Callaway long to transition from football to basketball. The Union Christian senior scored 25 points in the Eagles’ 2013-14 opening 81-54 rout of Gans Tuesday.

I don’t expect Union to be average this season — I expect them to be great. Coach Zach Dean’s squad, which plays Hector Friday, will be one of the teams to beat in the 2A-4, along with Hector and Johnson County Westside.